East Carolina hires Lebo to coach basketball team

GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - East Carolina has turned to formerAuburn coach Jeff Lebo to lead its long-struggling men's basketballprogram.

The school announced Monday it had hired Lebo to replace MackMcCarthy, who spent three seasons on the sideline for the Piratesbefore stepping down to take a fundraising job in the school'sathletics department. Lebo had spent the past six seasons atAuburn, going 96-93 overall and leading the Tigers to the NIT lastseason before he was fired earlier this month.

The 43-year-old coach played at North Carolina under Dean Smithin the late 1980s and had coached at Tennessee Tech and Chattanoogapreviously.

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